This was actually published August 4, 2019.

To the editor:

"A Look at the International Drive to Boycott Israel" begins with the basic question of whether B.D.S. is "a movement that aims to eliminate Israel and traffics in anti-Semitism?" As related in the article, when Omar Barghouti, the most prominent of the B.D.S. movement founders, was asked the question of whether the Jews could have their own state, he answered "Not in Palestine."

It would be hard to be clearer. The answer to the question is a resounding yes. All else in the article is obfuscation.

Sincerely,

Alan Stein

The Comedian: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Speaking to a reporter at the United Nations headquarters, Ban Ki-moon, apparently with a straight face, said: "I don't think there is discrimination against Israel at the United Nations."